Soil pulverizer



Rdarch 30 ,1926.

Original Filed Sept. 27.

1922 4 Sheets -Sheet 1 n Q I ,1 D I- Q Inventor WJLLIAH S. SNIDER.

'Aiatorzi'ney March 30 1926. I 1,578,859

W. s. SNIDER SOIL PULVERIZERY Original Filed Sept. 27, 1922 4Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor WILLIAM S. SNIDER.

Attjorney March 30 ,1926. 1,578,859

w. s. SNIDER- SOIL PULVERIZER Orig File i Sept. 27. 1922 {Sheets-sheet sAttprney f March 30,1926. 1578359 W. s. SNIDER' son, Pu-LvanlzimOriginal Sept. 27. 1922 4 Shqets-Sheet 4 Inventor WnJLm S. SNIDER.

Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

r 1 Be it-Pknown that LWVILL AM' WILLIAM s'rnrnnn .snrnnn, or.omnmw'eex, 'iaR-TILEIsH cbwmm; CANADA. Y a

. soIL. PULVERI'ZER;

To all whom tfmay concern:-

SNIDER, a .citiZen oi" the Dominion or Canada, residingat Ghilliw-(ick,in the coun ty of Westminster and Province: of "British Columbia, haveinvented certain new an'd useful Improvements; in" SoitPuh erizers; ofwhich the following is e speeifiozttion. p

iThe present invention relates to farinii'rg implements and"comprehends' the provision of an implement especially adapted for therotary subjected to Referring to the drawings; likemunje is otreferenoedes gnate corres onding parts,

The implement frame proper oonst1tutes' cultivation of soil; whichmaybe" specifically defined as a machine wherein clods ztnd lumps ofsoil are Carried up an endless iconveyor and deposited int'erniediatetandem druins 'Where the clods and soil are a vpu'lverizing' operation,after; which the pulverized soilis deposited on the ground in a uniformmanner;

.The invention resides in and relative arrangement of ooinponent partsas will'rezi'dily appear after a perusal of thefollowingdesoription,{the1fdescriptive n iatt-er being supplemented bythete;

' ooinp'anyingschematicillustrations wherein Figure 1 isa side'elevationof an implement constructed lngaccordance with my present ,ii'ivention,pairtslbelng' broken away andv sundry eIementsbeing illustrated die Igrammatically. I

Figure 2' 's a front ehvationthereoff Figure 3 isla; ineditrl verticaltransverse section; portions of'the componentpa rts be ing shown inelevation. t

.Figure 1 is an enlarged frztgnientaryde tail, as it would appearwhenitfaken on line Figure 5 is '21: frag nent corporated in theimplement,

detail showing thefolutch and drivecon structionl incorporatedtin the.implement:

side sections '20- and" 21 which aref d'eteche bly connected to;theside, sections w n-(V23,

' which sections: extendinwardly; aeross the forward e tremity oftheiiinpleinents as atl 2st and125. The: inwardly extendingseetionsf 24and 25' are then bent "at ight, angles? asst STEPHEN the construction Iot the' aiile 80 and" intermediatethe l'iub 38' p e d t i mils;t'ratin'g a POTtlOIl of the axle construction 111- V best shownin'Figure3, the nunIeralBOdesa' ineinbers 31 and. 32 igzidlyconnected to theside'seotionslfliand 2L Th'enu1nera1s33 andM des gnate skein's hchfa're' turned on the outer extrelnitie s of the axle and have'rotatably mounted thereon; the dri'i e \jvh'ee'l (Bo end thesupp'ortingWheel i Asbe'st shown in Figure 6, the inneii'facc of the hubof "the drive wheel 35 is serrated as at 37 for engagementith'thecontiguous serrated face of theihub '38r of the spur 39 Whichisrotatably nounted on the skein 40 of the eXIeI'SO The numeral 41designates en zinnulzir' portion of. the mile 30' which has aLflange42ldi sposed at the: inner extremity thereof. The I numeral: 43designates: a coil' sprin'gdisposed over the ennulur'portion il of tl iespurgeer 39' and the flange 42-of the ti 'xle'ett Asbe'st. showniintheFig ure 5, the numerelf 44 designates-an elongated Vermeer peningconfigurated mumskein'O which I has extendedtherethrOuQh, and seated inthe; "hub BS of the. spur gear a pin 45;"Wh'ich is capableofhorizonthl"reciprocation in the:

said elongated opening 44-. 1 The numeral 46" S designatesjztihorizontel rod which is loosel mile and the inner extremity thereofabuts 20 of the frame; This mechanism" constitutesthe clutch,theop'erationof tv'hioh tiill be hereinafter described I j The axle 30supports the Toerr'ier lat orm and 49. The lower extreinity 50 ofthecarpi r; plettor'm is bent inf horizontal plane, forming? whati nej;be termed a scoop, Two: b i e t sbii W i hs i Fig -,1 end Qdesignhtd thenumeral 51, are -siib'-' stentietl'lynnounted on the ner-platform 47and: are rigidly connected" to the lower 47- throu u thenwdiu noftherackeev is' 9 mounted Centrally in theshein ofth extremities oftheconveyor regulating fyoke 'oonstitutingfthel latera'li seotions 52 and53,

the upper extremities oinwvhieh ja re con -ff nectjdibyi theihorizontttlmember. 54 "integral herewith; The transverse shaft 55, ibefstfextremities of" the" sections 52 m1 53 ,shown-in"F'gure'et;is eumueci inthe'hwer;

Trained over the said sprockets are'the dual chains 57, the oppositeextremities of which are trained over the dual sprockets 58 mounted onthe outer extremities of the transverse shaft 59 r'otatably journalledin the dual brackets 60 carried by the dual braces 61. A plurality oftransverse rec tangular strips 62'are substantially connected to thedual chains 57, thus forming an endless conveyor having'mounted on theouter surface thereof, a plurality of gripping lugs (33 dispose-d instaggered formation.

' On the outer extremity of the transverse shaft 59, a pinion designatedby the numeral 6.4 is keyed, the said pinion'being driven by the spurgear 39* through the medium of the intermediate pinion; 65, which iskeyed onthe outer extremity of the transverse shaft 56, which is alsojournalled in the dual brackets 60 in spaced relation to the transverseshaft 59.

As best shown in Figure 4, the spur gear a Y 39 drives the pinion 67keyed on the outer extremity of the transverse shaft 68, the

terminals of which are journalled in suit- 20 and 21 of the frame.

able bearings mounted on the side sections The numerals 69 designatespokes which are substantially mounted on the outer extremities of thetransverse shaft 68 and carry the cylindrical drum 7 O which coincideswith the cylindrical drum 71 carried by the spokes 7 2 mounted on theouter extremities of the trans verse shaft, 73 which, is mounted in thebrackets 7 1.

therein an elongated opening 7 5 into which Each bracket has disposedthe outer extremities of the transverse shaft 73 extend. The numerals 76designatecoil springs disposed in the said elongatedopem in 75 forthe-our oseof tensionin the said shaft 73 and the drum 71 in thedirection as indicated by. the arrow A. Through this medium, it willv bediscerned that the drum 71 is capable of withdrawal from and retractionto the drum 70, if

stones or other like impediment should be dc construction. The seat 86'is mo'untedon the;

upper extremity ofthe bar 87, the lower extremity of which issubstantially mounted on the frame 88 which isrigidly mounted .ation,the lever arm 103 will be on the side members 22 and 23 of the frameproper. To provide resiliency, the bar 87 is disposed intermediate thesprings 89 and 90. The numeral 91 designatesa foot rest mounted on thebar 87 in relation to the seat 86, being capable of adjustment on thebar 87 to compensate for operators of varied stature.

The numeral '92 designates a fulcrum arm fulcrumed intermediate itsterminals as shown in dotted position and designated by the numeral 93and having pivotally con' nected to the rear extremity thereof, yokeframe 52 in a pivotal manner, as shown in dotted position and designatedby the numeral 94;. The numeral 95 designates a lever formed integralwith the fulcrum arm 92. To maintain' normal stability of the fulcrumarm 92, I provide the dog 96 adapted to engage with a rack carried bythe frame 88, the dog being controlled through the medium of theconnecting wire or cable 97, the same being actuated through the mediumof the hand grip lever 98. The forward extremity of the lever arm 92carries yoke 99 free to reciprocate vertically in the frame of theimplement and has pivotally mounted in the lowerextremity thereof, theyoke 100 which carries the axle pin 101, carrying the rotatablesupporting wheel 102. v The clutch controlling mechanism constitutes thelever 103 carried adjacent the operators. seat 86 and being .pivotallymounted intermediate its terminals as at 104. The lever-arm 103 carriesthe dog- 105 which is controlled by the hand grip lever 106 and which[is capable of engagement with the rack 107. Connected to the lowerextremity of the lever arm'103 as at 108 is the connecting rod 109connected to the vertical rod 110 as at 111. The vertical rod 110 isfulcrun'ied intermediate its terminals as at 112, the lower extremity113 of which is adapted for. coincidence with the outer extremity of theclutch operating rod 46. In operation, the implement will be drawn bydraught animals or motive power which will be connected to the pole 28.

In the transportation of the implement,

the dog-105 of the lever 103 is engaged with the'recess 114 of the rack107 and in this position, the clutch will .be disengaged and theimplement may be drawn without the necessity of the conveyingandpulverizing mechanism operating. When it is desired to perform thepulverizing opershifted in the direction ofthe indicating arrow B.

The rod 46 is thus withdrawn, the' coil spring v43 tensioning the'spurgear 39 outwardly with the result that the coincid ing serrated faces ofthev hub of the drive wheel and the spur gear will engage. vThe rotarymovement of the drive wheel 35 is ldicat-ing arrow C shown in Figure 1.The

scoop of the conveyor platform 47 will then be adjusted to coincide withthe surface of the ground. Earth and clods will be scooped upon theconveyor platform l7 and carried up the samethrough the medium of thegripping lug 63 of the endless conveyor. The continuous travel of theearth and clods up the platform 47 will depositthe same intermediate thepulverizing drums 70 and 71 as designated by the indicating arrow D andthe earth and clods falling on the same will be compressed in such amanner-as'to pulverize the same; After the pulverizing operation, theearth falls-from the drums and is deposited in the ground in a uniformmanner. It will be readily discerned that I the amount of earth andclods which will I he scooped up by the scoop 50 of the conveyorplatform 47 may be controlled through the medium of the lever 95.

It is obvious that the scoop 50 may strike an embedded rock or similarobstruction. To maintain stability of the conveyvor platform 47, Iprovide the chains 115 and 116 which are con'nected'to the dual brackets51 carried by the said conveyor platform 47 and the upper extremities'thereof are rigidly-connected to the sections 22 and 23 of the frame.It will be discerned that the lower extremity. of the elevator iscapable of elevation independently, the transverse shaft 55reciprocating vertically in the vertical openings The said shaft 55 isnormally tensioned downwardly by the coil springs designated by thenumerals 117..

'Thisimplement is very desirable for 1 destroying premature weeds andalso for summer'fallowing. It will be readily discerned that the use ofthis implement will pulverize the soil and prevent detrimentalevaporation of the moisture contained therein. l i

From the foregoing, it will beobvious that I have provided an'implement'whi'ch is practical vand in every way desirable.

While it is believed that from the foregoing description, thefnature andadvantages of my invention will be readily ap parent, I do not wish tobe confined 'to'the' embodiment of my I invention as disclosed, butclaim all rights to devlations from such detail as defined by the spiritof the appended claims. v 7

What I claim as new is I v 1. An implement of the character described,comprising a wheeled frame, a con- Veyor carried thereby, means foractuating V I the conveyor, a conveyor platform disposed beneath theconveyor, means for elevating the forward extremities 'of the conveyor Iand platform independently of each other, the lower end of'said platformbeing bentto form a scoop, a'yieldmg means bearing on the shaft at thelower endof the conveyor, and a conveyor-regulator member depending fromthe sa d frame.

2. An implement of the character 'de-' scribed comprising awheel-supported frame,- a conveyor, a conveyor platform beneath theconveyor, with its lower end .bent to form a scoopya yielding supportfor the shaft of the lower end of the conveyor, a

conveyor-regulator yoke depending from the frame, and bracketscarried'by said platform and connected to the said yoke.

ture. I IVILLIAM STEPHEN SNIDEB.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signa- I

